| Inductive 1. (a.) Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to. 2. (a.) Tending to induce or cause. 3. (a.) Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning. 4. (a.) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine. 5. (a.) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity. Thesaurus Entries Baconian, a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic, categorical, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, epagogic, hypothetical, inferential, introductory, maieutic, prefatory, prelim, preludial, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, proemial, soritical, syllogistic, synthetic |